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World Gaming Expo

Gambling and gaming: Is this a problem for children? (BBC News)

Labour pledges ban on TV gambling adverts during live sports (The Guardian)

Formula 1’s owners sign sponsorship rights deal for in-play betting (BBC News)

Look Beyond Las Vegas To See Casino Gaming’s Large Local Impact (Forbes)

Delays to FOBT curbs will cost Treasury more than £100m – report (The Guardian)

Macau Casinos to Reopen After $186 Million Loss From Storm Halt (Bloomberg)

Chinese gambling boom looms over Cambodia’s Kampot (BBC News)

 

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SOUTH AFRICA:
Public consultation for gambling bill amendments
The Cabinet has approved the draft National Gambling Amendment Bill for public comment – the bill aims to ensure cooperative governance and oversight are improved and negative effects of gambling are drastically reduced

AUSTRALIA:
Legislation to ban lottery betting
The government of Western Australia has introduced new laws to ban online lottery betting operators such as Lottoland, in order to help protect state-owned Lotterywest

PERU:
Government hikes gaming tax
By Presidential Decree, from 1 January 2019 all casino gaming tables, slot machines, lotteries, raffles and draws, bingos, horseracing and online bets will pay point of consumption tax

GIBRALTAR:
Scientific Games sets up sportsbook operations team
Gaming supplier Scientific Games has established a new sportsbook operations team in Gibraltar headed up by former Superbet Digital managing director Stuart Weston

U.S.A.:
PGCB to offer online licences to non-PA operators
Pennsylvania regulators have approved two more online gambling license applications while preparing to offer the few remaining licenses to out-of-state or even international operators

U.K.:
New FOBT regulations submitted for EC approval
The government has notified its amended regulations for the proposed reduction of maximum stake levels on fixed odds betting terminals to the European Commission

U.S.A.:
AGA responds to calls for sports betting federal oversight
The American Gaming Association says that “new federal mandates are a nonstarter” and that federal oversight of sports betting was an abject failure for 26 years, contributing to a thriving illegal market

MALTA:
Genting appoints Jeremy Taylor
Genting has appointed Betsson’s former group marketing director Jeremy Taylor to head its interactive casino and sports brands from a new Malta headquarters